The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #10)

by Louise Penny

there were four statements that lead to wisdom. I said I was only going to recite them once, and he could do with them as he wished.” Armand Gamache lowered his fork to his plate and listened. “I don’t know. I was wrong. I’m sorry.” Lacoste recited them slowly, lifting a finger to count them off. “I need help,” the Chief said, completing

“It’s like drinking acid,” said Myrna, “and expecting the other person to die.”

Jealousy

“What would you rather be?” Ruth asked. “Successful in your twenties and forgotten in your fifties? Or the other way around?”